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A47179	A short Christian catechisme for the instruction of children in the grounds and practice of Christian religion being (for the most part) an abridgment of a larger, formerly printed, where many questions and answers that were in the larger, are omitted, and others shortened, to fit the capacity of children, and some new questions, with their answers inserted, on several heads, which were not in the larger / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing K212; ESTC R14138	15,116	34

and by their obedience to it without some degree of faith in Christ crucified explicite or implicite A. It is of great use both to the Unbeliever and Believer to the Heathen and Christian Isaiah 40.3 Rom. 2.12 14.15 16. Q. What use hath it to the Heathen and Unbeliever A. As a preparatory ministration in a lower degree and kind of operation for convincing of moral duties and the contrary Sins and Vices for restraining them from great immorality for rendring them without excuse and liable to the judgment of Christ according to which they are to be judged and lastly for the government of the World and preserving good order equity and justice among Men It being that whereby mainly God's providential Kingdom is maintained and administred in the World according to Psalm 103.19 and his kingdom ruleth over all Q. What use hath it to true Believers and Christians A. It serves for a rule of life together with the Scriptures in things of moral honesty justice and temperance and obedience to it as a rule of moral life is so necessary that no Man can be saved without sincere obedience to it and all transgressions against it in any are hainous sins Mat. 7.12 Q. What is the summ of the moral Law A. To love the Lord our God with all our heart with all our Soul and with all our mind and to love our neighbour as our self on these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets Matth. 22.37 38.39 40. Deut. 6.5 Lev. 19.18 SECT X. Q. WHat are the Laws that God doth write in the hearts of the faithful as he has promised in the new Covenant Are they not the same contained in the holy Scriptures excepting the Ceremonial part and some other Laws peculiar to the Jews A. Yea Jerem. 31.31 Q. Are not many of these Laws belonging to the new Covenant other and distinct from the Law writ in the hearts of all Mankind commonly called the Law of Nature particularly such as respect the peculiar Doctrins and Precepts of the Christian Religion and the positive Institutions of Christ concerning Baptisme and the Supper and Christian Discipline in the Church of Christ A. Yea. Q. Doth God write those Laws of the new Covenant in the hearts of his People without all use of outward means A. Nay but in the use of them 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. What is the difference betwixt the writing of the Law in the hearts of Unbelievers and Heathens and that writing in the hearts of the faithful A. The former hath it writ in hard and stony hearts the other hath it writ in hearts of flesh that are made by the Lord soft and tender as he hath promised Ezek. 36.26 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. Of what service are the promises contained in the Scripture to the faithful A. Of exceeding great use and service for by them through the operation of the Spirit true Believers are made partakers of the Divine nature and have a lively hope begot in them that what God hath promised he will faithfully perform both in this life and in the life to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Heb. 13.5 2 Pet. 1.4 1 Pet. 4.8 19. Q. Is God and Christ in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers A. God and Christ as the word and also the Spirit are in all Creatures as to their essential presence Psal 139.7 it being one of God's Attributes to be omnipresent as well as omniscient and omnipotent and therefore they are in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers but in respect of their Operations and Manifestations the difference is great Q. What is the difference betwixt the manner of God and Christ their Operations and Manifestations in Be●●●vers and Unbelievers A. Believers have special and peculiar Manifestations and Operations of God Christ and the holy Spirit in them which Unbelievers have not and God and Christ and the holy Spirit are in the Faithful by union and communion and inhabitation or indwelling by Faith and Love but they are not so in Unbelievers hence it is that Unbelievers are said to be without God and Christ in the world without hope strangers and aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel 1 Cor. 2.12 14. Eph. 1.17 18. 1 John 1.3 Eph. 3.17 1 Cor. 6.17 Phil. 2.1 Eph. 2.12 Q. How is Christ the Saints hope of Glory Col. 1.27 is it only as within them considered only as God and as the Word or is it both as without out them as he is God-Man their Prophet Priest and King Mediator and Advocate and Head and also as within them as he is the Word Light and Life A. Christ is the Saints hope of Glory both ways considered for Paul gave thanks to God for the hope laid up for the believing Colossians in Heaven Col. 1.3 4.5 and surely that was without them and not within them only also the hope of the Faithful is said to be as an anker of the Soul sure and stedfast and which entreth into that within the veil whither the forerunner is for us entred even Jesus Heb. 6.18 19. and that place whither Jesus our High Priest is entred is not any place within us though he is spiritually present in us but Heaven without us there to appear in the presence of God for us and that in the true nature of Man Heb. 9.24 SECT XI Q IS Prayer and Thanksgiving with humble reverence both of Soul and Body unto God a most necessary duty to be performed by us both in private and publick and that frequently A. Yea Matth. 6.6 Jer. 10.25 Matth. 18.19 20. Q. Ought the Prayers of all true Christians and their Thanksgivings be offered up to God in the name of our blessed Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ God-Man and also to him together with the holy Spirit A. Yea John 14.1 3.14 John 16.24 Q. Are Angels and Saints to be prayed unto A. Nay Rev. 19.10 Matth. 4.9 Exod. 20.3 Q. Are Images to be made use of in the worship of God A. Nay Exod. 20.4 5. Acts 17.25 29.30 Q. For whom are we to pray A. Not only for our selves but for all Men for the King and all in Authority and for the whole Church of God and also for our Enemies 1 Tim. 2.1 2. Psal 51.18 Psal 137.5 Matth. 5.44 Q. How are we to pray and give thanks so as to be accepted A. In Spirit and in Truth in sincerity of Heart in Faith in Humility in Holy Fear with the Understanding with Love and Fervency of Heart with frequency and constancy to all which we need the continual help of God's Spirit and Grace to aid and assist us John 4.23 Jam. 1.6 5.16 1 Thess 5.17 1. Cor. 14.15 Heb. 12.28 Q. What are the things for which we are chiefly to pray A. They are briefly contained in that excellent form of Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples saying Our Father c. Q. Doth the Spirit of God teach us to pray without all outward means of instruction or use of the holy Scriptures A. Nay Q. May we

foretold by any of the Prophets A. Yea by David in the Hundred and Tenth Psalm and fourth verse The Lord hath sworn and will not repent thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck Q. What places in the New Testament hold forth Christ to be a Priest and our High Priest A. Many places in the Epistle to the Hebrews as Heb. 2.17 Heb. 3.1 4.14 15.5 1.5 10.7 26.8 1.3 9.11 25.10 21. Q. Were not the High Priests under the Law Types of Christ our High Priest under the Gospel A. Yea. Q. Were not the Sacrifices under the Law and the Passover Types of Christ the only effectual Sacrifice for the Remission of our Sins and Justification and Sanctification by his Blood A. Yea. Q. Did Moses and the Prophets foretell of Christ's Death and Sufferings and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead and give Light to the Gentiles A. Yea Acts 26.22 23. Q. What is the first promise that was given to Men concerning Christ and Salvation by him A. That in Gen. 3.15 that the Seed of the Woman should bruise the Head of the Serpent and he should bruise his heel Q. Why is Christ called the Seed of the Woman A. Because he was made of a Woman and born of her without the knowledge of a Man Q. What is meant by the Serpents bruising his heel A. The Death and Sufferings of Christ who was put to death by the Instigation of the Devil that moved the Jews and Pontius Pilate against him Q. What is meant by the Woman's Seed bruising the Serpent's Head A. His complete and perfect Victory over him first in his own Person by his Resurrection from the dead on the third day and next by what shall in due time be accomplished in all the Faithful who are his Members by his victorious Power in destroying his Kingdom of Sin in them and delivering them from all the effects of Sin at the Resurrection of the dead Heb. 2.14 1 John 3.8 Q. Is Christ Jesus as he outwardly came in the Flesh the Seed that was promised by God to Abraham that in him all Nations of the Earth should be Blessed A. Yea Gen. 22.18 26.4 28.14 Acts 3.25 Gal. 3.16 Q. How is that promise fulfilled A. That whoever of all Nations should believe in him should be blessed with the Remission of their Sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit and the saving gifts thereof be justified and adopted to be God's Children sanctified and in the end eternally glorified Acts 10.43 Acts 13.38 39.26 18. Joh. 1.12 13.7 38.39 Q. How is Christ a Priest for ever A. Because the efficacy merit and worth of his being a Sacrifice for our Sins by that one offering did extend to the Faithful from the beginning of the world and will extend to them to the end of it for Remission of Sin and Eternal Salvation and that he continually appears before God ever living to make Intercession for us Acts 15.11 Heb. 11.13 7.25 SECT VII Q. HOw doth Christ perform his Kingly Office A. By his various Administrations of it in the several parts thereof Q. Hath Christ a Kingly Power and Government over the Angels both good and bad A. Yea. Q. How hath he a Kingly Power and Government over the evil Angels and Devils and evil Men A. By restraining and limiting their Power over-ruling their evil designs and actions and causing them to turn to his Glory and to the Good of the Faithful and lastly by Judging and Punishing them at the last day Psal 103.19 Psal 76.10 Rom. 8.28 Matth. 25.41 46. Q. What Acts of Kingly Power did Christ shew forth on Earth before his Passion A. He commanded the Winds and the Seas and they obeyed him he cast out Devils and wrought Miracles by his own Power and forgave Sins Matth. 8.27 Mark 1.27 Matth. 9.6 Q. What places in the Old Testament did foretell of his Kingly Office and Government A. Diverse such as Psal 2.6 I have set my King upon my holy Hill of Sion Isaiah 9.6 7. and 32.1 2. Dan. 7.13 14. Q. Was his rising from the Dead and ascending into Heaven and his being set down at the right Hand of God Acts of his Kingly Office and Power A. Yea John 10.18 Ephes 4.8 9. Psal 110.1 2. Q. How doth he perform his Kingly Office over the Heirs of Salvation and his Church A. By Converting them and giving his holy Spirit to Renew and Sanctifie them with the saving Gifts and Graces thereof giving them Faith and Repentance Justifying and Adopting them to be the Children of God and his Members giving them his Laws and Writing them in their Hearts protecting and preserving them in this world receiving their Souls and Spirits after Death to be with him and raising their dead Bodies from Death to eternal Life and Immortality at the Resurrection of the Dead and placing them in those heavenly Mansions he has prepared for them in the Heavens Isaiah 53.10 11. Isaiah 60.5 Acts 5.31 John 4.14 7 38 39. Jer. 31.31 John 10.28 29. Acts 7.59 John 6.40 John 14.2 3. Q. Is there to be a Resurrection of the Bodies of the Unjust as well as of the Just and shall the Unjust be cast into Hell that burneth with unquenchable Fire A. Yea John 5.28 Matth. 25.46 Q. Is Christ to come from Heaven to Judge both the Quick and the Dead A. Yea Acts 1.11 Acts 17.31 Q. Will his coming and appearance be without us in his glorified Body and true Manhood-nature A. Yea Acts 3.20 21. Phil. 3.20 Q. When will the time be that he will so come A. Of that Day and Hour knoweth no Man nor the Angels in Heaven Matth. 24.36 42 44. Q. Why hath not God pleased to reveal the particular time of it A. That we may not be sloathful but continually watching and preparing for our Lord 's coming Matth. 24.42 SECT VIII Q. CAN any Men be saved whether Jews or Gentiles simply by the Works of the Law A. Nay Gal. 2.16 Q. Why can they not A. Because the Law doth require perfect and perpetual Obedience from every Man in his own Person but this no Man ever did the Man Christ Jesus excepted nor ever can do for all have sinned and faln short of the Glory of God and by the Law both inwardly writ in the Heart and outwardly written in the Book every Mouth is stopped and the whole World is guilty before God Rom. 3.19 20. Q. Were none ever saved nor can be saved by the Terms of the Covenant of Works do and live A. Nay Rom. 4.15 Q. By what Covenant then are they saved who are the Heirs of Salvation A. By the Covenant of Grace Rom. 11.6 Q. With whom is the Covenant of Grace made A. It is made originally with Christ the second Adam as the first Covenant of Works was made with the first Adam and through him the Mediator of it with all his elect Members whom God the Father had chosen in him before